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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-07-14

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VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1857. NO. 35. n . .1 ; Selected ocir(j. Prom tba CinoinDatl Commoroial. YANKEE DOODLE NEW VEHSION. IT R. H. T. Tankst Duodl. la in towa, In eltlien'i attire ilr And mlnlomof the Brltlih Crown, Part not provoke hU iro ilr. Chorus " Yaak Doodls U the tune, Amoriooni delight In, ' Twill do to whiitlo ling or play ; The very thing for fighting." , No (landing army do we feed, to drain tha natlon'a puna air For trtry man In timo of need, 1 Would "looner fight than" eurse lir, Of might; fleett let England boast, i And rowiheruloi the weveiirj But iho will find along oar eoait-- TkVL Jones, and watery graree, air. . ji ; rt am wo wen out tnroe millions eirong, . -, - Including wlroi and daughter .... .1 .... . .: ' We aung our Yankee Doodle aong, i i , , t , Whlu EBjUn(l iungfor Qmrtora." She tried to ileal from ui our men, , . To fight the Ruuian Ctar air, On. Yankee ii worth more than ten ' 1 i:-'H John Bulli "In any war, lir. - Bad it not been that gallant France, ' . Stepped nobly in the work lir ; Triumphantly the " Bear " would dance, ' ; , O'er Johnny and the Turk, lir. t' ! We're whipped John twice, and will again, 1 Ai lure aa he is born air j '. '' Th. " third time alwayi U the charm," " Acknowledge now, th. oorn " lir. ctnferes.Ii)g Sfortj. '- ' OB, THE FATAL FALSEHOOD. , ,. It wag a winter's twilight. Shadows mo Ted about the room with noiseless feet, while : the ruddy light flickered pleasantly between . the ancient andirons. A. venerable lady, ''.whose hair old Time had silvered, but whose . heart he had led fresh and young, sat musing .Y ,ta an arm chair, drawn up closely by the fire :i".Bide. Suddenly the door opened, and fairy V footsteps bounded to her side. , ii Well Bess," said the old lady, laying her .. hands lovingly on the child's sunny ringlets, t 5 have you had a good slido ? " ; " Beautiful, aunt Ruth, and now won't you tell me one of your stories ? " ,. - Bessie was an only child. Her mother had recently gone to the better land, and she had . conic to visit her aunt, of whoso heart she at once took possession by her winning ways and lior affectionate disposition. But aunt Ruth's , eyes were of the clear sort,-and she soon dig ' covered that Bessie was not only unscrupu lous as to tho truth, but that she displayed little sensitiveness when dotectcd in a false' hood. Now, if there was any ono trait for which aunt Ruth was particularly distin- guished, it was her unswerving rectitude ; if thero was any one thing that annoyed her more than all others, it was aught that came ' under the category of falsities. It was the language of her heart, " A liar shall not stand in my sight." She determined, with the help of God, to root out from her darling's charac ter the noxious weed, whatever effort it might cost her. Of this she had been musing, and her resolve was formed. " Get your cricket, dear, and come close beside mo ; " and in a moment tho child's - blue eyes were upturned to hers. "I am old now Bessie," and sho tenderly troked that fair brow, " and my memory is '. failing;. But I can recall the timo when I was a little, dancing, sunny-haired girl liko you. . You open your eyes wondoringly4but, if your life is spared, before you know .it, child, you will bo an old lady like aunt Ruth. " In those young days, I was in a spelling class at school with a littlo girl named Amy, iweet tempered, sensitive child, and a very good scholar. She seemed disposed to cling to me, and I could not well resist her timid advances. Yet I did not quite liko her, bo ' cause she often went above me in the class, . when, but for her, I should have stood at tho head. Poor Amy, could not account for my occasional coolness, for I bad been a truthful child, Bessie, but envy tempted mo and I nmfima -rind In nrniiidice the other cirls '. against Amy, and 6iis was the beginning of my deceit She was too diffident horsclf, and o I generally carried my point. " One day our toachcr gave out to us the word Believe. In her tissual low voice Amy pelt, " b-t-l-i-e-v-e believe." Her teacher mis. " understanding hor, said quickly, "Wrong; r the next," but turning to her again, asked, ' Did you not spell it l-ei-v-e f 1 No ma'am , I said Ui-t-v-t.' Miss R , , still in doubt, looking at me inquired, ' You hoard, Ruth how was it ? A wicked thought occurred to roe to disgrace her and raise myself. De liberately I uttered a gross falsehood, 'Amy aid l-i i-v-e.' The teacher turned toward her, but confounded by my accusation, she was silent; while hor flushod face and .Streaming ey.s gave her the appearance of guilt, 'kmj,' said tho toachor, sternly ; 'I did not expect a lie from you. Oo now to the foot of the eiUd, ani remember to remain af-r School.' . ' I had triumphed, Bessie ; Amy was disgra- 'jodA, and I stood proudly at the head of my lass, but I was not happy. i When acbool was dismissed, I pretended I bad lost something, and lingered in the balL i heard th teacher say t H Amy come here," and then I caught the light footstep of the gentle child. How csuld you tell that MaTf , Miss ', I did not tell a lie," but, It en as she denied it, t could soe through the key-hole that in hor grief at the charge, and her dread of punishment, sho stood trembling like a culprit. " Hold out your hand." There I stood as if spell bonnd. Stroke af-tor stroke of the hard ferulo I heard fall upon tho small white hand of tho innoeont child. You may well hide youreyos from me, Bessie. 0, why did I not speak ? Every stroke went to my heart, but I would not confess my sin, and I stole softly from the door. As I lingered on the way, Amy slowly walked along, with her books in ono hand, whilo with the other she kept wiping away the tears, which would not cease to flow. Her sobs, seeming to come from a breaking heart, sank deop into my own. As she walked weepingly on, her foot stumbling, she foil, and hor books were scattered on tho floor. I picked them up and handed them to her. Turning toward me, her soft blue eyes swimming in tears, in the sweetest tones she said : " Thank you, Ruth." It made my guilty heart beat faster, but I could not speak ; so we went home silently together. When I reached home, " what is the use," said I to myself, " nobody knows it, and why should I be so miserable ? " I resolved to throw off tho hated burden, and going into the parlor, I laughed and talked as if nothing were tho matter. But the load on my poor heart only grew the heavier. I needed no ono Bessie, to tell me the wages of sin. The eye of God seemed consuming me. But the worse I felt tho gayer I seemed, ond more than onco I was checked from my boisterous mirth, while tears were struggling to escape. At length I went to my room. I could not pray and so hurrying to my bed, I resolutely shut my eyes. But sleep would not come to me. The ticking of the old clock in tho hall seem cd every moment to grow louder, as if re preaching me, and when it slowly told the hour of night, it smote upon my ear like a knell. I turned and turned upon my little pillow, but it was filled with thorns. Those sweet blue eyes, swimming in tears, were ever before me ; the repeated strokes of tho hard ferule kept sounding in my ears. At length, unable to endure it longer, I left my bed and sat down by tho window. The no ble trees stood peacefully in tho moonlight, the penciled shadow of their spreading branch cs lying tremulously on tho ground. The whito fence, the gravelod walks, the perfect quietness in which everything was wrapped, seemed to mock my restlessness, whilo the solemn midnight sky filled mo with an awe I never felt before. Ah 1 Bessie, a reproving conscience and an angry God arc too hard for a child to wrestle with I " As I turned from the window, my eyes rested on tho snow-whito coverlet of my lit tie bed, a birth-day gift from my aged mother. All her patient kindness rushed upon my mind. I felt her dying hand upon my head. I listened once more to tho fluttering voice as she fervently besought the blessings of Ilea ven upon hor first born. '0, make hor i truthful, holy child 1 ' I tried to banish from my thoughts this last petition of my dying mother ; but tho more resolution was my pur pose, the more distinctly did those pleading tones fall upon my heart, till, bowing upon the window, I wept convulsively. But tears, Bcssio, could givo me no relief. " My agony became ovory moment more intense, till at length I rushed almost in torror to my fathor'8 bedside. 1 Father 1 father! but I could say no more. Tenderly putting his arm around me, he laid my throbbing hoad upon his bosom ; and then he gently soothed me, till I could so far control the torrent as to explain its cause. Then, how fervently did he plead with Heaven that his sinning child might bo forgiven ! " ' Dear father, will you go with me to-night to soe poor Amy ? ' " " ' To-morrow morning, my child ! " , " Delay was torture ; but, striving to sup. press my disappointment, I received my fath er's kiss, and went back to my room. But slumber still fled from my weary eye-lids. My longing to beg Amy's forgiveness amounted to frenzy ; and aftor watching for morning what seemed to me hours, my anguish bo came so intolerable that I fled once more to my father, and, with tears streaming down my cheek, I knelt by his side, beseeching him to go with mo to Amy that minute ; adding in a whisper, 'she may die before sho has forgiven mo.' He laid his hand upon my burning cheek, and after a moment's thought replied : " ' I will go with you, my child.' " " In a few minutes wo wore on our way As wo approached Mrs. Sinclair's cottage, wc perceived lights hurrying from one room to another. Shuddering with an undeflnable dread, I drew closer to my fathor. He softly openod the gate, and silently we passed thro' it. The doctor, who was just leaving the door, teemed greatly surprised to meet us there at that hour. Words cannot describe my feelings, when, in answer to my father's inquiries, he told us that Amy was sick with a brain fever. '"Her brother tolls me,' ho continued 'that she has not been well for some days, but that she waa unwilling to remain from school. She came home yesterday aftornoon, it seems, ve ry unlike herself. She took no topper, but sat at the tablo mute, at if atupified with grief. tier mother tried in every way to draw from hor the cause of ber sorrow j but In vain. She went to bed with the tame heart-broken appearance, and In lest than an hour I was summoned. In her delirium the hat been calling upon you. dear Ruth, beseeching you with most mournful earnestness, to pity and to tavt her. "Bessie, may you never know how his words ptorced my heart ! -' " My earnest pleat to sto Amy Just one minute prevailed with her Widowed mother. Kindly taking my hand the murderer's she led mo to the sick chamber. As I looked on the sweet sufferer, all hopo deserted me. The shadows of death were already on hor fore head, and in her large bluo eyes. Kneeling by her side, in whispered words my heart pleadod, 0, so earnestly I for forgiveness. But, when I looked entreatingly towards her, in hor delirious gaze thero was no recognition. No, Bessie ! I was never to bo comforted by tho assurance of her pardon. When I next saw Amy, she was asleep. The bright flush had faded from hor check, whose marblo paloness was shaded by her long eyelashes. ' Delirium had ceased, and her aching heart was stilL That small white hand which had been held out tremblingly to rcceivo the blows of the harsh ferulo, now lay lovingly within tho othor. Nover again would tears flow from those gentle eyes, nor that bosom heave with sorrow. That sleep was the sleep of death 1 " My grief was wilder if not deeper than that mother's of whose lost treasure I had robbed hor. She forgave me ; but I could not forgive myself. What a long, long winter followed 1 My sufferings threw me into a fe ver, and in my delirium I called continually upon Amy. But God harkenod to tho prayer of my dear father, and raised me from this sickness. And when the light footsteps of Spring wore seen upon the green earth, and early flowors were springing up around the grave of Amy, for the first time I was allowed to visit it. "My head swam as I read, lettered so care fully on the white tablet : '"AMY SINCLAIR, " ' FELL ASLEEP SEPTEMDEB THIRD.' " Beside that fresh turf, I knelt down and offered, as I trust, the prayer of faith, I was there relievod, and strengthened too, Bessie," said aunt Ruth, as she laid her hand tenderly upon that young head bowed down upon her lap. Poor Bessie's tears had long been flowing, and now her grief seemed uncontrolable. Nor did ber aunt attempt consolation, for sho hoped there was a healing in that sorrow. "Pray for me!" whispered Bessie, as at length, looking up through her tears, she flung her arms about hor aunt, and from a full heart aunt Ruth poured out her petition in behalf of the weeping child. The scene was nover forgotten by Bcssio ; in that dark hour, from the depths of her repentant tears, a light dawned upon her brighter than morning. And although it had cost aunt Ruth not a littlo to call up this dark shadow from the past, yet she felt repaid a thousand fold for her sac. rifice. For that sweet round face, lovely as a May morning, but whose boauty had been often marred by tho workings of deceit and falsehood, grew radiant in the clear light of tho truthful purposo which was born in her soul. A GOOD STOItV. A merchant of Munich, having obtainod a largo fortune, gavo each of his three daugh ters a considerable sum, and niarf icd them to three brothers, sons of a worthy man of Ham burg. Ho reserved to himself a large capital, and his sons-in-law employed all their efforts to induce him to give it to them. At last, by flattery and demonstrations of affection, they got the old man's monoy. But from that timo they began to show indifference for him, and, at last, totally neglected him. The good old man was very wretched, and, what was worse, vory poor. One day his youngest daughter went to him. In the course of con vcrsation, she suggested to him that he might gain the good will of her and her sister's hus bands, and obtain from them all that he need ed, by protonding to bo still rich. The old man, soeing the idea was a good one, resolved at once to act on it. He went to a friend of his. a banker, and obtained an advance of money, and the loan of a service of plate. Tho next day he invited his sons-in-law to dinner. They were astonished to find a scr vice of plate on tho tablo, and still moro so when the sorvant brought tho old man a lot. tor, and he exclaimed, "What! let an old friend bo ombarrased for ton thousand florins4 " And he went and got tho sum from his strong box, saying : " Thero tako it to your mas. ter I " You, see " said ho, " I am still rich ! " The sons-in-law wore confounded, and each, with great earnestness, immediately pressed tho old man to go and livo with him, promis inghim that he should receive evory attention, and everything ho could possibly wish for. But the old man laid down his conditions that h'o should have his own apartments and domostics.'a carriago, and a certain sum placed at his disposal. To this tho sons-in-law eagerly consented. For some timo the old man lived comfortably enough, and wborever'he went ho took precaution to carry with bim his strong box, which waa very heavy. A little while ago be fell ill. His sons-in-law pressed him to make bis will, but he said hit intention was to divide the contents of hit strong box equally botween them and a friend, and that they and hit executor should bavo a key. About a fortnight ago ho died. By a writing which he left behind him, he directed that the box should not be opened until five days after his interment that he should bo buried with tbo greatest pomp end that each poor man in tho town should receive anew tuit of clothes and a florin. At last tho day tor opening the strong box arrived. . Thesons-in-law, to their bitter mortifioatioa, found, not as they had expected, money er teeuritiot to a large amount, but lead and atones. fcr Faith creates workta. raitoi the dead, changes the heart, makog wise above human wisdom, renovates man's natoTO, destroy! the stirs of death, conquers Satan, and secures everlasting life. THE WORLD OWES ME A LIVING. Thut'i false, sir I It doesn't owe you o farthing. You owe the world for the light of its days, the warmth of its sunshine, the beauty of its earth and sky, and for its love, affections, and friendships, which have from your childhood, young man, clustered around and clung to your worthless trunk. For all these, and other blessings of countless numbers, you are a debtor. You hare never thanked God for health and life. You never made the world better by your living. You owe for the breath you breathe and for the strength you enjoy. You haven't anything to your credit on tho day-book or ledger of life not a cent You have never taken a dollar's stock in Hoaven. You are a miserable, aimless, in-dolent bankrupt. You float down the stream of your lazy existence like flood wood on water. Were you to sink to-day to oblivion, you would not leave a bubblo, The world owe you a living 1 Where is there a manly thought uttered, or a noble deed performed ? Where aro there evidences of your labor ? Nowhero. You are lounging through life with your hands in your pockets, an indolent loafer, swearing and slavering nonsense. You drink, gamble, and chew to. bacco, but never earned your board. A pile of lumber would be of more account, for that could be worked into forms of usefulness and beauty ; but you will not make anything of yourself, nor allow society to do it. A world of such as-you would be the place to live in, indeed I You have degraded our common manhood, instead of enabling and elevating it, and in nothing but the form and ulgar speech, aro you above the brutes that perish. And because you are too lazy to work, you claim that the world owes you a living I Don't tell that lie again, you sluggard ! The world or socioty would not suffer loss1 wore lightning to strike you or the cholera to take you off. There aro too many of such. Were you treated as drones are treated in the hives you would have been kicked out of creation years ago. You aro a sponge, swollen with what you have absorbed from society. You dwarfed the intellect given you, and neglected the endowments it would have brought you. So effectually have you wasted the boon of life, that unless your bonos shall go to the dissecting room, and your picklod carcass as a fertilizer upon some God-forsaken spot, you will have passed through life to no purpose, The tobacco you have chowed, has only do. filed everything around you, and tho liquor you have drank has only been adulterated by your miserable naturo, and been turned into rowdyism and profanity. You contaminato everything you touch, and even thoso liko you, will keep their children from tho leprosy of your teaching and example. No, sir, you owe tho world a better life You nover can pay all tho debt, but if you can do no bettor you can commute foriwenty-five cunts on tho dollar. Do and Bay something noble and manly ; labor for somo honorable purposo, and not inhale God's pure air for nothing, and grunt through existenco like a hog, having only two aims in life lo reach the bar and tho dinner table ; and only two attributes to eat to gluttony, and drink to drunkoness. The world owes such a man a living ! Chicago Fashions. The correspondent of tho Boston Bee thus crayonizes the Chicago ladies. We begrudge tho young men of Chicago, tho dazzling beauty (?) with which they aro surrounded : "Owing to tho peculiarity of tho wator, the ladies generally wear a tallow-candlo complexion, which docs not admit of rouge. They havo their extensive dry groods and jewely stores, and wear out costly silks and muslins by trailing them in the streets, as do the gontlo creatures in New York. Crinoline is worn at all times, though difficult to manage on the hoavy grades of tho tidowalks. Liko mules, they are suro-footed, and get through the doughy mud of the streets with nntgility at onco surprising and amusing. They do not wear voils ; the parasol-handle sucking is carried on as at other places, with the exception that thoy bite the ivory off in minuto pieces, and chew it as if a slate poncil. The hours of recreation are twelve, vis : three for sitting on the sloop in the morning ; three for look, iug out of the window aftor midday ; threo for promenade in the aftornoon ; and throe for entertainments in the evening. Regular habits are conducive to health." Inierestinp to Farmer. Cure Tor Hog Cholera. ' A gontloman of this vicinity who has from 50 to CO bead of hogs on his place bat given us the following proscription : For a grown hog take one tablespoouful of turpentine and thrcO tablospoonfuls of hog's lard, melt the latter and then mix the former with It, amLponr it down the animal's throat as soon as symptoms of the disease manifest themselves It will operate liko a charm. His neighbors have lost from 75 to 100 hogs, and ho himself loot three, but since adopting tbit treatment he hat not had a fatal case, although fifteen were attacked. Repeat the doso twice a day until the disoaso is ovorcomo. Fredrick (AH.) Unibn. frA wealthy clergyman, of Brooklyn, having rcecently visited Europe, his daughter, during his absence, became acquainted with a young man of small meant ami large affec tions. The two tell in love, and as tho fa theVt content was ont of th quest ion, they datartoined to elope On Sunday last the young lady plead alight indispotitioo, and informed the family that the should not appear at dinner. A carriage wat in waiting a few blocks from tba house, and going put unob-sencd. she ran off with hor loTcr. A. Leaf Worth PreervInirCurlous Facta From IlU'ory. The Saxons first Introduced archery in the time of Voltigeur. It was dropped immediately after the conquest, but revived by the crusaders, they having felt the effects of it from the Saracens, who probably derived it from the Parthians. Bows and arrows as weapons of war wore in use with stone cannon ball so late as 1640. It is singular that all the statutes for the encouragement of archery were framed after the invention of gunpowder and firearms. Yew trees were en couraged in churchyards, for the making of bows, in 1342. Henco their generality in churchyards in England1. Coats of arms came into vogue in the reign of Richard 1., of England, and became hereditary in families about the year 1192. They tooK tneir rise Irora tne Knignts painting tneir banners with different figures to' distinguish them in the crusades. The first standing army of modern tinios was established by Charles VII of France, in 1145. Previous to that time tne king had depended upon his nobles for contingents in time of war. A standing array was first established in England in 1638 by Charles 1., when it was declared illegal, as well as the organization of the royal guards in 1679. The first permanent military band instituted in England, was tne yeomen oi tne guards, established in 1586. Guns were invented by Swartz, a German, about 1378. Cannon were invented at an an terior date. Thoy were first used at the battle of Cressy in 1346. In England they were first used at the seige of Berwick in 1405. It was not until 1544, however, that they were cast in England. They were used on board of ships by the Venetians in 1539, and wore in uso among tne Turks about tne sime time. An artillery company was instituted in England for weekly military exorcises in 161U. Insurance of ships was first practiced in the reign of Caesar in 45. It was a general custom in Europe in 1164. Insurance offices were first established in London in lbt7. Astronomy was first studied by the Moors, and by them was introduced into Europe in 1201. The rapid progress of Modern astronomy dates back from tho time of Corpernicus. Books of astronomy and geometry were de stroyed as infected with magic, in England, under tne reign ot Edward VI., in xosm. Banks were first established by the Lombard Jews in Italy. The name is derived from banco, bench benches being erected in tho markot places for the exchange of monoy, &c. The first public bank was at Venice, about 1550. The Bank of England was established in 769. In 1696 its notes were at twenty per cent discount. Tho invention of bells is attributed to Pau-linus, Bishop of Nola, in Campania, about the year 400. They were first introduced into churches as defence against thunder and lightning. Thoy. - wcjp first hung up in England at Cropland Atbey, Linconshiro in 645. In tho eleventh century and later it was tho custom to baptize them in the churches whore they wero used. The Curfew bell was established in 1068 It was rung at eight in the evening, when people were obliged to put out their firo and candle, The custom was abolished in 1100. Bellmon wero appointed in London in 1556, to ring the bells and cry, " Tako care of your fire and candle, be chari-to the poor, and pray for the dead." " How many are aware of the origin of trie word " boo ! " used to frighton children 7 It is a corruption of Boh, the namo of a fierce Gothic Gcnoral, the son of Odin, tho mention of whoso name spread panic among his cno-mios.Book-keeping was first introduced into England from Italy by Pccle, in 1569. It was derived from a system of algebra published by Burgo at Venice. Notarios public were first appointed by tho Fathers of the Cristian Church, to collect tho acts or memoirs of martyrs in tho first century.Tho administration of the oath in civil cases is of high antiquity. See Exodus 2210. Swearing on tho gospel was at first used in 518. The oath was first administered in judicial proceedings in England by the Saxons in 600. The words " So help mo God, and all Saints," concluded an oath till 1550. Signals to be used at sea were first contrived by James II., when Duke of York in 1555. They wero afterwards improved by the French Commander Tourville, and by Admiral Balchen. Raw silk is said to have been mado by a people of China called Soros. 150 B. C. It was first brought from India. 274. and a pound of it at that time was worth a pound of gold. The manufacture or raw silk was introduced into Europo from India by somo monks in 650. Silk drosses were first worn in 1455. Tho eggs of the silk worm wore first brought into Europo in bH.Boiton Journal. Another Boker and Dean Affair Augusta, Maine,' was recently tho theatre of a second edition of the Bokor and Dean matrimonial in New York, the history being thus : lbo daughter of a Mr. Doran an Irish Catholic iras engaged in marriage to a Mr. McConnick, a Protestant The young lady's parents were opposed to the tnatch, because tbo bridegroom was not a Catholic, and the priest was notified and forbidden to unite the parties. Not to be foiled in this way, Mr. McCormiuk and Miss Doran repaired to ex-Mayor Patterson, with the cartificato of their intentions, and were legally Joined by him in marriage on Saturday last. The facta coming to the ears of the offended parents, before night the bride was seized, carried violently to hor former borne, and imprisoned in a chamber : so ber husband oo Wednesday last tuod out a writ of replevin, which wat served by Sheriff Gilbrelh in due form, who entered the prison room of the affrighted wife and gave hor to her lawful though Protestant husband. fr Then was a large and antbrjsiastie gathering of ths the Republican of Wiscon sin at Milwaukee oo the 17th. Delegations were prwent from all parts of tho Stato. Gorrit Smith, among others addressed the Convention and a series af able resolution! wort adopted. ' . (fiT Brigbam Young in recent tetmm to tho Mormous, told them it wat "more inrpor' taut to rame sainta than to raise crops; At the present time Brignam soeros more intent on " raisin; tho dovil " than airy thing else. The floly Sabbath. May it ever be called the holy Sabbath. Perish tho lips that would profano it ; the handt that would tear down its sacred statutes the feet that would trample upon them the eyes that would tea in its place a day devoted to vain- show and pleasure taking, Let it como ever as now with its quWtade, its church -gatherings of high and lowry, its many prayers that ascend from humble hearts its soft voices singing its lessons of lofty moral instruction. What is it to you or to me, that hypocrites go in among the throng that pro fessedly serve Jesus 7 What that the pomp and fashion of this world make mockery of the Savior's lowly life, and esteem poverty sin? What is it to you or to me, that men tome-times fill the pulpit and raise warning voices, while they aro whited sepulchre! ? Our duty lays between God and our own souls. We are to tako the stern question to heart, " What is that to thee ? follow thou me." How mellowly the autumn sun shines down 1 It seems as if the great busy world were wait ing to hoar God speak. Not a sound in the streets, save the low voices of quiet groups walking to the house of prayer. From " Qracie Airiber," by Mn. C. W. Denniton. The Drcd Scolt Case. Tho historical argumontupon which Judge Taney rests bis docision for the outlawry of colored Ircemcn, is lounded upon certain old statutos passed by svcral of the Colonies acainst the intermarriage of negroes and whites, and others containing certain specific disabilities. In this very decision Judge Taney says that Indians may become citizens of the United states, and yet the very Colonial statutes upon which he relies to outlaw a freeman of African descent, contain the same disabilities respecting Indians. The same is true in regard to Catholics. The members of that commnnion were debarred from the exercise of the religion in every Colony save Pennsylvania, and lo this day the constitution of New Hampshire provides that no Roman Catholic shall be Governor of that State. Now then, as Judge Tanoy is a Catholic himself, we should liko to know whether Catholics can bo citizens or the United States, for the Colonial statutes are fully as strong against them as they are against the negro. Judgo Curtis, in his dissenting opinion, says that in five of the thirteen States, at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, free men of color were voters. A writer in the Tribune says that froo men of color voted in every one of tho thirteen States except South Carolina at the timo tho constitution was adoptod. The Spirit stripping llumbuz. The proprietors of the Boston Courier a short time since, challenged Dr. H. F. Gard nor, the famous spiritualist, to produce somo practical manifestation of their pretended powor, with $500 to be forfeited in caso such manifestation Bhould satisfy a committee, selected and approved by both parties to the contract. The challonge was accepted, and a committee named, consisting of Professor Aagassiz, Benjamin Pierce, B. A. Gould, J r., E. N. Horsford. After witnessing the expe. rimonts, and pationtly investigating the thing they havo published a report, and express tho opinion that any connection with spiritualistic circles, so called, corrupts the morals and degrades the intellect, and conclude with branding tho wholo thing as a " stupendous delusion." Lowell. On Jan. 1, 1S57, the Lowell mills, in Massachusetts, wore fifty-two in number, owned by twelve companies, with a capital of $13, 900,000. They turned 394,344 spindles, and worked 11,889 looms, giving employment to 8,990 females and 4,397 males. Every week they complete the manufacture of 2,374,000 yards of cotton, 44,000 of woolons, and 25,- 000 of carpeting, consuming weekly 763,000 pounds of cotton ar.d 91,000 pounds of wool, and yearly 29,750 tons of anthracite coal, 33,300 bushels of charcoal,. 1,360 cord i of wood, 82,317 gallons of oil, and 1,019,000 pounds of starch. OCT A slave woman is advertised to be sold at auction at St. Louis, so beautiful that fivo thousand dollars has been offered for hor and refused at privato sale. Tole-lo Blade. Is not this a beautiful commentary upon Republican institutions in this Republican Democratio country 7 Five thousand dollars offered and refused, for a beautiful woman ad vortised to be sold at auction to the highest bidder in one of tho slave markots of Republican, Democratic America 1 Liberty and Humanity, twin sisters, weep at such spectacles, tlplTOR HEfCLlCAM. Weather a mo Crops. The Cincinnati Gaiett of Saturday says : We examined carofully, yesterday, a largo number of papers from the West, published within the last few days, and found, from every section, most flattoring accounts of crop prospects. The weather continoet clear and warm. Wheat is maturing finely, and corn is growing rapidly. The indications could hardly bo more encouraging. iti aw i Where Is the People's Money 1 Her it a word from the Baltimore Sim : "Wo will shnply ttate," aays the Sun,"tbat Drcslin it known to bare been the purchaser, and it feat present tho ostensible proprietor of the whole or majority of the stock of two of our Maryland U3nKS,Ti2: iirauroonnu-Tuuyii ll of Caroline county, and the Cumberland S. vines Bank, of Alkgatrf County. W have cot heard that the latter has been conducted Otherwise than efficiently, or that tho former it not at present correctly managed. What was it doubtful character formerly i wo!l ltnowo."-k-Oi. torn.'- . SJ- The Cleveland Ltaitr of the 96th Jane, tays fruit is that rogioa will bo plenty this year. Th cherry trees are literally loaded, tod applet in a thriving condition. Gome pcaelr trees Well radon others about hit of fruit. The he ador ftirthor eayj eonr is stin UliiiJ fftki excellent. - The Bleofnar of Pare Water. The following beautiful apostrophe to th liquor of heaven's distillatiwir nay be fenni' in a sketch of Paul Etenton, the Toxaa Missionary, entitled " Paul Denton's Barbacuo." It seems the Detacher bad issued1 aa invitation to the rough Texant to attead a barbacoe, where there would be plenty to eat, and " tho best of liquor." The bordurors came, fciibii plenty of eatables but no drinkables, and in ro ply to their demands for liquor, Paul Denton raised a glass of water and thu oloottatl apostrophised: " Look at that, ve thirsty ones of earth I Behold it 1 See iti purity 1 How it glitter, as if a mass of liquid gems I It is the beve rage mat waj brewed by the band of tho Almighty himself 1 Not in the simmering still or smoking fire, choked1 with poisonous gasses, and surrounded by the stench of aickoning odors and rank corruptions, doth our Father in Heaven prepare tbo precious essonce of life. tne pure cold water; but in tho green glada and glassy doll, where the red deer wandort and tba child loves to play : there God brawt it, and down, down in the deepest valleys, where the fountains murmur and the rills singi and high upon the tall mountain tops, where the naked granite glitters like goM in the tun. where the storm clouds brood and the thunder storms crash ; and away far out on the wida-sea, where the hurricane howls music andtha big waves roar tho chorus, sweeping tbo maroh oi uoa tnere he Drews it, that beverage of life health giving water; everywhere it is a tning ot beauty ; gleaming in the dew-drop. singing in tho summer rain, shinintr in the io gem till the trees all seemed turned into tir ing jewels spreading a golden veil over th sotting sun, or a whito gauze around tho midnight moon, sporting in the cataract, sleeping in tne glaciers, dancing in uie naii-snower lowing its bright curtain softly about th windy world and weaving the many colored iris that seraph's zone of the sky, who, warp is the rain drop of earth, whose woof is the sunbeam of heaven, all checkered oror with the celestial flowers by the mystic hand of refraction still always it is beautiful, that messed me water. JNo poison bubbles on th brink ; its foam brines no sadness or murder. no bloodstains its limpid Klass: brokenheart ed wives, pale widows and starving orphans shed no tears in its depths ; no drunkard' shrinking ghost, from the grave, curse it in words of eternal despair ; beautiful, pure, blessed and glorious ; give me forever th spark ; . ... .- ung, pure coia water i" Ihe loreeointr makes a prominent feature in the tcmporanco lecture of Mr. Goooh, aad is going tho rounds of tho pre, with hU nam attached to it. From the Natioanl inteUlgoaoer. WASHINGTON'S FAUEWEIX The following extract is from a letter writ- ton by a lady upwards of eighty yoara old. re siding in Philadelphia, to ber grand-eon ta Washington: "When Ucneral Washington delivered hfi Farewell Address, in the room at the southeast corner of Chestnut and Sixth streets, I sat immediately in- front of him. It wat in the room tho Congress bad occupied. Tho table of tho Speaker was botween the two windows on Si xth street The daught t c f Dr. C , of Alexandria, tho physician and intimate friend of Washington, Mis.JH whoso husband was tho auditor, was a rery dear friend of mine. Hor brother. Waahine- ton, was one of tho secretaries of Gon, .Washington. Young Dandridge, a nephew of Mrs, Washington, was the other. 1 was included in Mrs. 's party to witnoss the august, the solemn scene. I? C doolin- ed going with Mrs. H , who had deter mined to go so early as to secure the front bench. It was fortunate for N C - (afterwards Mrs. L ) that she would not trust herself to be s. near her honored grandfather. My dear fathor stood vory near her; she was terribly agitated. Thero waa narrow passage from tho dcor of the entrance to tho room, which was on the east, dividinz the rows of benches. Gen. Washington stopped at the end, to let Mr. Adams pass to tho chair. The latter always woro a full suit of bright drab, with slash, or rather loose cuffs. " Ha also wore wrist ruffles. He was a short man with a good head. With his family ho alter, ded our church twico a day. Gen. Washington's dress was a full ault af black. His military head had the black oock. ade. Thoro stood the Father of bis Canntrr. acknowledged by nations " the first in war. hrst in peace, rirst in the hearts of bit ceun-trymcn." No ruar&hals, with gold-colored scarfs ; no cheering. Tho most profound stillness greeted him, as if that (treat assembly d - sired to hoar him breathe and catch hisbroath tho homago of the heart. Mr. Adam covered bis foco with both his hands, The aleev of his coat anibbis hands were covered wit.h tours. Every'llowjind then there wat a tup-pressed sob. I cannot describe Washington' appearance as I felt it perfectly composed and self-possessed till the close of bit addres. Then, when strong men's sobs broke loose, when tears covered their faces, then ths great man was shaken. I never took ray eyes from his face. Large drops came from hi ej-ei. He looked to the grateful children who wer parting with their father, their friend, aa if his heart Was with them and would be to th end." OT The land sales of Illinois Cotltral Kaft road Company, including those for December ($630,000) Show a grand total since the coon, mencement, of $.0,712,000, sod $5,114,0017 for the year 1856 alone. The remaining land are worth much liters than th entire two sod a half million acres wer when th first Sal wat made. The pnxpetfti are that th tale of 1857 will greatly exceed in amount tbo of hut rear. This rapid transfer of th bode of the Company toaetual settlers, ttconstant-ly advancing prices, it an untni. takabl indes of the astonishing progress of tbo State in population and wealth. 03" The Free State men of K-ftsas at plucky and spirited. At si meeting at SVoo Mound, held oft tho 13th ifist., it was RuoHtH. That we recommend In onr tm-f prc-sort that, if they art out of mofwr, an must bav a lit (to to replenish their stock of tritofy, they laty thoir fate upon their oouatit-uonts id Miwtoorl, sod let boosit men support a Govsramoirt of their choics. -.. EifitUi-tf.U B -farad (Vi.ttL. 1Mm confcfwi tttihi MorthodiKt Episcopal ChurtH nss uaasimotrsiy voted in tavor of Expu- 'r j froiS thSdmeipline the general rule forbid-nC "htlvin and aallirie- of lua vnmi nf 66Udrn with an intention to enalav tt&Ha -temihlicani nf f.cT.-.n. 0t irr ftut Convention Uit week, and romi Mtcdi N. P. Banks, late Speaker of th in CoDgrOKS, for Governor, lie is ale c rwr. Bated by tho Americans. Va doubt ef t election.

VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1857. NO. 35. n . .1 ; Selected ocir(j. Prom tba CinoinDatl Commoroial. YANKEE DOODLE NEW VEHSION. IT R. H. T. Tankst Duodl. la in towa, In eltlien'i attire ilr And mlnlomof the Brltlih Crown, Part not provoke hU iro ilr. Chorus " Yaak Doodls U the tune, Amoriooni delight In, ' Twill do to whiitlo ling or play ; The very thing for fighting." , No (landing army do we feed, to drain tha natlon'a puna air For trtry man In timo of need, 1 Would "looner fight than" eurse lir, Of might; fleett let England boast, i And rowiheruloi the weveiirj But iho will find along oar eoait-- TkVL Jones, and watery graree, air. . ji ; rt am wo wen out tnroe millions eirong, . -, - Including wlroi and daughter .... .1 .... . .: ' We aung our Yankee Doodle aong, i i , , t , Whlu EBjUn(l iungfor Qmrtora." She tried to ileal from ui our men, , . To fight the Ruuian Ctar air, On. Yankee ii worth more than ten ' 1 i:-'H John Bulli "In any war, lir. - Bad it not been that gallant France, ' . Stepped nobly in the work lir ; Triumphantly the " Bear " would dance, ' ; , O'er Johnny and the Turk, lir. t' ! We're whipped John twice, and will again, 1 Ai lure aa he is born air j '. '' Th. " third time alwayi U the charm," " Acknowledge now, th. oorn " lir. ctnferes.Ii)g Sfortj. '- ' OB, THE FATAL FALSEHOOD. , ,. It wag a winter's twilight. Shadows mo Ted about the room with noiseless feet, while : the ruddy light flickered pleasantly between . the ancient andirons. A. venerable lady, ''.whose hair old Time had silvered, but whose . heart he had led fresh and young, sat musing .Y ,ta an arm chair, drawn up closely by the fire :i".Bide. Suddenly the door opened, and fairy V footsteps bounded to her side. , ii Well Bess," said the old lady, laying her .. hands lovingly on the child's sunny ringlets, t 5 have you had a good slido ? " ; " Beautiful, aunt Ruth, and now won't you tell me one of your stories ? " ,. - Bessie was an only child. Her mother had recently gone to the better land, and she had . conic to visit her aunt, of whoso heart she at once took possession by her winning ways and lior affectionate disposition. But aunt Ruth's , eyes were of the clear sort,-and she soon dig ' covered that Bessie was not only unscrupu lous as to tho truth, but that she displayed little sensitiveness when dotectcd in a false' hood. Now, if there was any ono trait for which aunt Ruth was particularly distin- guished, it was her unswerving rectitude ; if thero was any one thing that annoyed her more than all others, it was aught that came ' under the category of falsities. It was the language of her heart, " A liar shall not stand in my sight." She determined, with the help of God, to root out from her darling's charac ter the noxious weed, whatever effort it might cost her. Of this she had been musing, and her resolve was formed. " Get your cricket, dear, and come close beside mo ; " and in a moment tho child's - blue eyes were upturned to hers. "I am old now Bessie," and sho tenderly troked that fair brow, " and my memory is '. failing;. But I can recall the timo when I was a little, dancing, sunny-haired girl liko you. . You open your eyes wondoringly4but, if your life is spared, before you know .it, child, you will bo an old lady like aunt Ruth. " In those young days, I was in a spelling class at school with a littlo girl named Amy, iweet tempered, sensitive child, and a very good scholar. She seemed disposed to cling to me, and I could not well resist her timid advances. Yet I did not quite liko her, bo ' cause she often went above me in the class, . when, but for her, I should have stood at tho head. Poor Amy, could not account for my occasional coolness, for I bad been a truthful child, Bessie, but envy tempted mo and I nmfima -rind In nrniiidice the other cirls '. against Amy, and 6iis was the beginning of my deceit She was too diffident horsclf, and o I generally carried my point. " One day our toachcr gave out to us the word Believe. In her tissual low voice Amy pelt, " b-t-l-i-e-v-e believe." Her teacher mis. " understanding hor, said quickly, "Wrong; r the next," but turning to her again, asked, ' Did you not spell it l-ei-v-e f 1 No ma'am , I said Ui-t-v-t.' Miss R , , still in doubt, looking at me inquired, ' You hoard, Ruth how was it ? A wicked thought occurred to roe to disgrace her and raise myself. De liberately I uttered a gross falsehood, 'Amy aid l-i i-v-e.' The teacher turned toward her, but confounded by my accusation, she was silent; while hor flushod face and .Streaming ey.s gave her the appearance of guilt, 'kmj,' said tho toachor, sternly ; 'I did not expect a lie from you. Oo now to the foot of the eiUd, ani remember to remain af-r School.' . ' I had triumphed, Bessie ; Amy was disgra- 'jodA, and I stood proudly at the head of my lass, but I was not happy. i When acbool was dismissed, I pretended I bad lost something, and lingered in the balL i heard th teacher say t H Amy come here," and then I caught the light footstep of the gentle child. How csuld you tell that MaTf , Miss ', I did not tell a lie," but, It en as she denied it, t could soe through the key-hole that in hor grief at the charge, and her dread of punishment, sho stood trembling like a culprit. " Hold out your hand." There I stood as if spell bonnd. Stroke af-tor stroke of the hard ferulo I heard fall upon tho small white hand of tho innoeont child. You may well hide youreyos from me, Bessie. 0, why did I not speak ? Every stroke went to my heart, but I would not confess my sin, and I stole softly from the door. As I lingered on the way, Amy slowly walked along, with her books in ono hand, whilo with the other she kept wiping away the tears, which would not cease to flow. Her sobs, seeming to come from a breaking heart, sank deop into my own. As she walked weepingly on, her foot stumbling, she foil, and hor books were scattered on tho floor. I picked them up and handed them to her. Turning toward me, her soft blue eyes swimming in tears, in the sweetest tones she said : " Thank you, Ruth." It made my guilty heart beat faster, but I could not speak ; so we went home silently together. When I reached home, " what is the use," said I to myself, " nobody knows it, and why should I be so miserable ? " I resolved to throw off tho hated burden, and going into the parlor, I laughed and talked as if nothing were tho matter. But the load on my poor heart only grew the heavier. I needed no ono Bessie, to tell me the wages of sin. The eye of God seemed consuming me. But the worse I felt tho gayer I seemed, ond more than onco I was checked from my boisterous mirth, while tears were struggling to escape. At length I went to my room. I could not pray and so hurrying to my bed, I resolutely shut my eyes. But sleep would not come to me. The ticking of the old clock in tho hall seem cd every moment to grow louder, as if re preaching me, and when it slowly told the hour of night, it smote upon my ear like a knell. I turned and turned upon my little pillow, but it was filled with thorns. Those sweet blue eyes, swimming in tears, were ever before me ; the repeated strokes of tho hard ferule kept sounding in my ears. At length, unable to endure it longer, I left my bed and sat down by tho window. The no ble trees stood peacefully in tho moonlight, the penciled shadow of their spreading branch cs lying tremulously on tho ground. The whito fence, the gravelod walks, the perfect quietness in which everything was wrapped, seemed to mock my restlessness, whilo the solemn midnight sky filled mo with an awe I never felt before. Ah 1 Bessie, a reproving conscience and an angry God arc too hard for a child to wrestle with I " As I turned from the window, my eyes rested on tho snow-whito coverlet of my lit tie bed, a birth-day gift from my aged mother. All her patient kindness rushed upon my mind. I felt her dying hand upon my head. I listened once more to tho fluttering voice as she fervently besought the blessings of Ilea ven upon hor first born. '0, make hor i truthful, holy child 1 ' I tried to banish from my thoughts this last petition of my dying mother ; but tho more resolution was my pur pose, the more distinctly did those pleading tones fall upon my heart, till, bowing upon the window, I wept convulsively. But tears, Bcssio, could givo me no relief. " My agony became ovory moment more intense, till at length I rushed almost in torror to my fathor'8 bedside. 1 Father 1 father! but I could say no more. Tenderly putting his arm around me, he laid my throbbing hoad upon his bosom ; and then he gently soothed me, till I could so far control the torrent as to explain its cause. Then, how fervently did he plead with Heaven that his sinning child might bo forgiven ! " ' Dear father, will you go with me to-night to soe poor Amy ? ' " " ' To-morrow morning, my child ! " , " Delay was torture ; but, striving to sup. press my disappointment, I received my fath er's kiss, and went back to my room. But slumber still fled from my weary eye-lids. My longing to beg Amy's forgiveness amounted to frenzy ; and aftor watching for morning what seemed to me hours, my anguish bo came so intolerable that I fled once more to my father, and, with tears streaming down my cheek, I knelt by his side, beseeching him to go with mo to Amy that minute ; adding in a whisper, 'she may die before sho has forgiven mo.' He laid his hand upon my burning cheek, and after a moment's thought replied : " ' I will go with you, my child.' " " In a few minutes wo wore on our way As wo approached Mrs. Sinclair's cottage, wc perceived lights hurrying from one room to another. Shuddering with an undeflnable dread, I drew closer to my fathor. He softly openod the gate, and silently we passed thro' it. The doctor, who was just leaving the door, teemed greatly surprised to meet us there at that hour. Words cannot describe my feelings, when, in answer to my father's inquiries, he told us that Amy was sick with a brain fever. '"Her brother tolls me,' ho continued 'that she has not been well for some days, but that she waa unwilling to remain from school. She came home yesterday aftornoon, it seems, ve ry unlike herself. She took no topper, but sat at the tablo mute, at if atupified with grief. tier mother tried in every way to draw from hor the cause of ber sorrow j but In vain. She went to bed with the tame heart-broken appearance, and In lest than an hour I was summoned. In her delirium the hat been calling upon you. dear Ruth, beseeching you with most mournful earnestness, to pity and to tavt her. "Bessie, may you never know how his words ptorced my heart ! -' " My earnest pleat to sto Amy Just one minute prevailed with her Widowed mother. Kindly taking my hand the murderer's she led mo to the sick chamber. As I looked on the sweet sufferer, all hopo deserted me. The shadows of death were already on hor fore head, and in her large bluo eyes. Kneeling by her side, in whispered words my heart pleadod, 0, so earnestly I for forgiveness. But, when I looked entreatingly towards her, in hor delirious gaze thero was no recognition. No, Bessie ! I was never to bo comforted by tho assurance of her pardon. When I next saw Amy, she was asleep. The bright flush had faded from hor check, whose marblo paloness was shaded by her long eyelashes. ' Delirium had ceased, and her aching heart was stilL That small white hand which had been held out tremblingly to rcceivo the blows of the harsh ferulo, now lay lovingly within tho othor. Nover again would tears flow from those gentle eyes, nor that bosom heave with sorrow. That sleep was the sleep of death 1 " My grief was wilder if not deeper than that mother's of whose lost treasure I had robbed hor. She forgave me ; but I could not forgive myself. What a long, long winter followed 1 My sufferings threw me into a fe ver, and in my delirium I called continually upon Amy. But God harkenod to tho prayer of my dear father, and raised me from this sickness. And when the light footsteps of Spring wore seen upon the green earth, and early flowors were springing up around the grave of Amy, for the first time I was allowed to visit it. "My head swam as I read, lettered so care fully on the white tablet : '"AMY SINCLAIR, " ' FELL ASLEEP SEPTEMDEB THIRD.' " Beside that fresh turf, I knelt down and offered, as I trust, the prayer of faith, I was there relievod, and strengthened too, Bessie," said aunt Ruth, as she laid her hand tenderly upon that young head bowed down upon her lap. Poor Bessie's tears had long been flowing, and now her grief seemed uncontrolable. Nor did ber aunt attempt consolation, for sho hoped there was a healing in that sorrow. "Pray for me!" whispered Bessie, as at length, looking up through her tears, she flung her arms about hor aunt, and from a full heart aunt Ruth poured out her petition in behalf of the weeping child. The scene was nover forgotten by Bcssio ; in that dark hour, from the depths of her repentant tears, a light dawned upon her brighter than morning. And although it had cost aunt Ruth not a littlo to call up this dark shadow from the past, yet she felt repaid a thousand fold for her sac. rifice. For that sweet round face, lovely as a May morning, but whose boauty had been often marred by tho workings of deceit and falsehood, grew radiant in the clear light of tho truthful purposo which was born in her soul. A GOOD STOItV. A merchant of Munich, having obtainod a largo fortune, gavo each of his three daugh ters a considerable sum, and niarf icd them to three brothers, sons of a worthy man of Ham burg. Ho reserved to himself a large capital, and his sons-in-law employed all their efforts to induce him to give it to them. At last, by flattery and demonstrations of affection, they got the old man's monoy. But from that timo they began to show indifference for him, and, at last, totally neglected him. The good old man was very wretched, and, what was worse, vory poor. One day his youngest daughter went to him. In the course of con vcrsation, she suggested to him that he might gain the good will of her and her sister's hus bands, and obtain from them all that he need ed, by protonding to bo still rich. The old man, soeing the idea was a good one, resolved at once to act on it. He went to a friend of his. a banker, and obtained an advance of money, and the loan of a service of plate. Tho next day he invited his sons-in-law to dinner. They were astonished to find a scr vice of plate on tho tablo, and still moro so when the sorvant brought tho old man a lot. tor, and he exclaimed, "What! let an old friend bo ombarrased for ton thousand florins4 " And he went and got tho sum from his strong box, saying : " Thero tako it to your mas. ter I " You, see " said ho, " I am still rich ! " The sons-in-law wore confounded, and each, with great earnestness, immediately pressed tho old man to go and livo with him, promis inghim that he should receive evory attention, and everything ho could possibly wish for. But the old man laid down his conditions that h'o should have his own apartments and domostics.'a carriago, and a certain sum placed at his disposal. To this tho sons-in-law eagerly consented. For some timo the old man lived comfortably enough, and wborever'he went ho took precaution to carry with bim his strong box, which waa very heavy. A little while ago be fell ill. His sons-in-law pressed him to make bis will, but he said hit intention was to divide the contents of hit strong box equally botween them and a friend, and that they and hit executor should bavo a key. About a fortnight ago ho died. By a writing which he left behind him, he directed that the box should not be opened until five days after his interment that he should bo buried with tbo greatest pomp end that each poor man in tho town should receive anew tuit of clothes and a florin. At last tho day tor opening the strong box arrived. . Thesons-in-law, to their bitter mortifioatioa, found, not as they had expected, money er teeuritiot to a large amount, but lead and atones. fcr Faith creates workta. raitoi the dead, changes the heart, makog wise above human wisdom, renovates man's natoTO, destroy! the stirs of death, conquers Satan, and secures everlasting life. THE WORLD OWES ME A LIVING. Thut'i false, sir I It doesn't owe you o farthing. You owe the world for the light of its days, the warmth of its sunshine, the beauty of its earth and sky, and for its love, affections, and friendships, which have from your childhood, young man, clustered around and clung to your worthless trunk. For all these, and other blessings of countless numbers, you are a debtor. You hare never thanked God for health and life. You never made the world better by your living. You owe for the breath you breathe and for the strength you enjoy. You haven't anything to your credit on tho day-book or ledger of life not a cent You have never taken a dollar's stock in Hoaven. You are a miserable, aimless, in-dolent bankrupt. You float down the stream of your lazy existence like flood wood on water. Were you to sink to-day to oblivion, you would not leave a bubblo, The world owe you a living 1 Where is there a manly thought uttered, or a noble deed performed ? Where aro there evidences of your labor ? Nowhero. You are lounging through life with your hands in your pockets, an indolent loafer, swearing and slavering nonsense. You drink, gamble, and chew to. bacco, but never earned your board. A pile of lumber would be of more account, for that could be worked into forms of usefulness and beauty ; but you will not make anything of yourself, nor allow society to do it. A world of such as-you would be the place to live in, indeed I You have degraded our common manhood, instead of enabling and elevating it, and in nothing but the form and ulgar speech, aro you above the brutes that perish. And because you are too lazy to work, you claim that the world owes you a living I Don't tell that lie again, you sluggard ! The world or socioty would not suffer loss1 wore lightning to strike you or the cholera to take you off. There aro too many of such. Were you treated as drones are treated in the hives you would have been kicked out of creation years ago. You aro a sponge, swollen with what you have absorbed from society. You dwarfed the intellect given you, and neglected the endowments it would have brought you. So effectually have you wasted the boon of life, that unless your bonos shall go to the dissecting room, and your picklod carcass as a fertilizer upon some God-forsaken spot, you will have passed through life to no purpose, The tobacco you have chowed, has only do. filed everything around you, and tho liquor you have drank has only been adulterated by your miserable naturo, and been turned into rowdyism and profanity. You contaminato everything you touch, and even thoso liko you, will keep their children from tho leprosy of your teaching and example. No, sir, you owe tho world a better life You nover can pay all tho debt, but if you can do no bettor you can commute foriwenty-five cunts on tho dollar. Do and Bay something noble and manly ; labor for somo honorable purposo, and not inhale God's pure air for nothing, and grunt through existenco like a hog, having only two aims in life lo reach the bar and tho dinner table ; and only two attributes to eat to gluttony, and drink to drunkoness. The world owes such a man a living ! Chicago Fashions. The correspondent of tho Boston Bee thus crayonizes the Chicago ladies. We begrudge tho young men of Chicago, tho dazzling beauty (?) with which they aro surrounded : "Owing to tho peculiarity of tho wator, the ladies generally wear a tallow-candlo complexion, which docs not admit of rouge. They havo their extensive dry groods and jewely stores, and wear out costly silks and muslins by trailing them in the streets, as do the gontlo creatures in New York. Crinoline is worn at all times, though difficult to manage on the hoavy grades of tho tidowalks. Liko mules, they are suro-footed, and get through the doughy mud of the streets with nntgility at onco surprising and amusing. They do not wear voils ; the parasol-handle sucking is carried on as at other places, with the exception that thoy bite the ivory off in minuto pieces, and chew it as if a slate poncil. The hours of recreation are twelve, vis : three for sitting on the sloop in the morning ; three for look, iug out of the window aftor midday ; threo for promenade in the aftornoon ; and throe for entertainments in the evening. Regular habits are conducive to health." Inierestinp to Farmer. Cure Tor Hog Cholera. ' A gontloman of this vicinity who has from 50 to CO bead of hogs on his place bat given us the following proscription : For a grown hog take one tablespoouful of turpentine and thrcO tablospoonfuls of hog's lard, melt the latter and then mix the former with It, amLponr it down the animal's throat as soon as symptoms of the disease manifest themselves It will operate liko a charm. His neighbors have lost from 75 to 100 hogs, and ho himself loot three, but since adopting tbit treatment he hat not had a fatal case, although fifteen were attacked. Repeat the doso twice a day until the disoaso is ovorcomo. Fredrick (AH.) Unibn. frA wealthy clergyman, of Brooklyn, having rcecently visited Europe, his daughter, during his absence, became acquainted with a young man of small meant ami large affec tions. The two tell in love, and as tho fa theVt content was ont of th quest ion, they datartoined to elope On Sunday last the young lady plead alight indispotitioo, and informed the family that the should not appear at dinner. A carriage wat in waiting a few blocks from tba house, and going put unob-sencd. she ran off with hor loTcr. A. Leaf Worth PreervInirCurlous Facta From IlU'ory. The Saxons first Introduced archery in the time of Voltigeur. It was dropped immediately after the conquest, but revived by the crusaders, they having felt the effects of it from the Saracens, who probably derived it from the Parthians. Bows and arrows as weapons of war wore in use with stone cannon ball so late as 1640. It is singular that all the statutes for the encouragement of archery were framed after the invention of gunpowder and firearms. Yew trees were en couraged in churchyards, for the making of bows, in 1342. Henco their generality in churchyards in England1. Coats of arms came into vogue in the reign of Richard 1., of England, and became hereditary in families about the year 1192. They tooK tneir rise Irora tne Knignts painting tneir banners with different figures to' distinguish them in the crusades. The first standing army of modern tinios was established by Charles VII of France, in 1145. Previous to that time tne king had depended upon his nobles for contingents in time of war. A standing array was first established in England in 1638 by Charles 1., when it was declared illegal, as well as the organization of the royal guards in 1679. The first permanent military band instituted in England, was tne yeomen oi tne guards, established in 1586. Guns were invented by Swartz, a German, about 1378. Cannon were invented at an an terior date. Thoy were first used at the battle of Cressy in 1346. In England they were first used at the seige of Berwick in 1405. It was not until 1544, however, that they were cast in England. They were used on board of ships by the Venetians in 1539, and wore in uso among tne Turks about tne sime time. An artillery company was instituted in England for weekly military exorcises in 161U. Insurance of ships was first practiced in the reign of Caesar in 45. It was a general custom in Europe in 1164. Insurance offices were first established in London in lbt7. Astronomy was first studied by the Moors, and by them was introduced into Europe in 1201. The rapid progress of Modern astronomy dates back from tho time of Corpernicus. Books of astronomy and geometry were de stroyed as infected with magic, in England, under tne reign ot Edward VI., in xosm. Banks were first established by the Lombard Jews in Italy. The name is derived from banco, bench benches being erected in tho markot places for the exchange of monoy, &c. The first public bank was at Venice, about 1550. The Bank of England was established in 769. In 1696 its notes were at twenty per cent discount. Tho invention of bells is attributed to Pau-linus, Bishop of Nola, in Campania, about the year 400. They were first introduced into churches as defence against thunder and lightning. Thoy. - wcjp first hung up in England at Cropland Atbey, Linconshiro in 645. In tho eleventh century and later it was tho custom to baptize them in the churches whore they wero used. The Curfew bell was established in 1068 It was rung at eight in the evening, when people were obliged to put out their firo and candle, The custom was abolished in 1100. Bellmon wero appointed in London in 1556, to ring the bells and cry, " Tako care of your fire and candle, be chari-to the poor, and pray for the dead." " How many are aware of the origin of trie word " boo ! " used to frighton children 7 It is a corruption of Boh, the namo of a fierce Gothic Gcnoral, the son of Odin, tho mention of whoso name spread panic among his cno-mios.Book-keeping was first introduced into England from Italy by Pccle, in 1569. It was derived from a system of algebra published by Burgo at Venice. Notarios public were first appointed by tho Fathers of the Cristian Church, to collect tho acts or memoirs of martyrs in tho first century.Tho administration of the oath in civil cases is of high antiquity. See Exodus 2210. Swearing on tho gospel was at first used in 518. The oath was first administered in judicial proceedings in England by the Saxons in 600. The words " So help mo God, and all Saints," concluded an oath till 1550. Signals to be used at sea were first contrived by James II., when Duke of York in 1555. They wero afterwards improved by the French Commander Tourville, and by Admiral Balchen. Raw silk is said to have been mado by a people of China called Soros. 150 B. C. It was first brought from India. 274. and a pound of it at that time was worth a pound of gold. The manufacture or raw silk was introduced into Europo from India by somo monks in 650. Silk drosses were first worn in 1455. Tho eggs of the silk worm wore first brought into Europo in bH.Boiton Journal. Another Boker and Dean Affair Augusta, Maine,' was recently tho theatre of a second edition of the Bokor and Dean matrimonial in New York, the history being thus : lbo daughter of a Mr. Doran an Irish Catholic iras engaged in marriage to a Mr. McConnick, a Protestant The young lady's parents were opposed to the tnatch, because tbo bridegroom was not a Catholic, and the priest was notified and forbidden to unite the parties. Not to be foiled in this way, Mr. McCormiuk and Miss Doran repaired to ex-Mayor Patterson, with the cartificato of their intentions, and were legally Joined by him in marriage on Saturday last. The facta coming to the ears of the offended parents, before night the bride was seized, carried violently to hor former borne, and imprisoned in a chamber : so ber husband oo Wednesday last tuod out a writ of replevin, which wat served by Sheriff Gilbrelh in due form, who entered the prison room of the affrighted wife and gave hor to her lawful though Protestant husband. fr Then was a large and antbrjsiastie gathering of ths the Republican of Wiscon sin at Milwaukee oo the 17th. Delegations were prwent from all parts of tho Stato. Gorrit Smith, among others addressed the Convention and a series af able resolution! wort adopted. ' . (fiT Brigbam Young in recent tetmm to tho Mormous, told them it wat "more inrpor' taut to rame sainta than to raise crops; At the present time Brignam soeros more intent on " raisin; tho dovil " than airy thing else. The floly Sabbath. May it ever be called the holy Sabbath. Perish tho lips that would profano it ; the handt that would tear down its sacred statutes the feet that would trample upon them the eyes that would tea in its place a day devoted to vain- show and pleasure taking, Let it como ever as now with its quWtade, its church -gatherings of high and lowry, its many prayers that ascend from humble hearts its soft voices singing its lessons of lofty moral instruction. What is it to you or to me, that hypocrites go in among the throng that pro fessedly serve Jesus 7 What that the pomp and fashion of this world make mockery of the Savior's lowly life, and esteem poverty sin? What is it to you or to me, that men tome-times fill the pulpit and raise warning voices, while they aro whited sepulchre! ? Our duty lays between God and our own souls. We are to tako the stern question to heart, " What is that to thee ? follow thou me." How mellowly the autumn sun shines down 1 It seems as if the great busy world were wait ing to hoar God speak. Not a sound in the streets, save the low voices of quiet groups walking to the house of prayer. From " Qracie Airiber," by Mn. C. W. Denniton. The Drcd Scolt Case. Tho historical argumontupon which Judge Taney rests bis docision for the outlawry of colored Ircemcn, is lounded upon certain old statutos passed by svcral of the Colonies acainst the intermarriage of negroes and whites, and others containing certain specific disabilities. In this very decision Judge Taney says that Indians may become citizens of the United states, and yet the very Colonial statutes upon which he relies to outlaw a freeman of African descent, contain the same disabilities respecting Indians. The same is true in regard to Catholics. The members of that commnnion were debarred from the exercise of the religion in every Colony save Pennsylvania, and lo this day the constitution of New Hampshire provides that no Roman Catholic shall be Governor of that State. Now then, as Judge Tanoy is a Catholic himself, we should liko to know whether Catholics can bo citizens or the United States, for the Colonial statutes are fully as strong against them as they are against the negro. Judgo Curtis, in his dissenting opinion, says that in five of the thirteen States, at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, free men of color were voters. A writer in the Tribune says that froo men of color voted in every one of tho thirteen States except South Carolina at the timo tho constitution was adoptod. The Spirit stripping llumbuz. The proprietors of the Boston Courier a short time since, challenged Dr. H. F. Gard nor, the famous spiritualist, to produce somo practical manifestation of their pretended powor, with $500 to be forfeited in caso such manifestation Bhould satisfy a committee, selected and approved by both parties to the contract. The challonge was accepted, and a committee named, consisting of Professor Aagassiz, Benjamin Pierce, B. A. Gould, J r., E. N. Horsford. After witnessing the expe. rimonts, and pationtly investigating the thing they havo published a report, and express tho opinion that any connection with spiritualistic circles, so called, corrupts the morals and degrades the intellect, and conclude with branding tho wholo thing as a " stupendous delusion." Lowell. On Jan. 1, 1S57, the Lowell mills, in Massachusetts, wore fifty-two in number, owned by twelve companies, with a capital of $13, 900,000. They turned 394,344 spindles, and worked 11,889 looms, giving employment to 8,990 females and 4,397 males. Every week they complete the manufacture of 2,374,000 yards of cotton, 44,000 of woolons, and 25,- 000 of carpeting, consuming weekly 763,000 pounds of cotton ar.d 91,000 pounds of wool, and yearly 29,750 tons of anthracite coal, 33,300 bushels of charcoal,. 1,360 cord i of wood, 82,317 gallons of oil, and 1,019,000 pounds of starch. OCT A slave woman is advertised to be sold at auction at St. Louis, so beautiful that fivo thousand dollars has been offered for hor and refused at privato sale. Tole-lo Blade. Is not this a beautiful commentary upon Republican institutions in this Republican Democratio country 7 Five thousand dollars offered and refused, for a beautiful woman ad vortised to be sold at auction to the highest bidder in one of tho slave markots of Republican, Democratic America 1 Liberty and Humanity, twin sisters, weep at such spectacles, tlplTOR HEfCLlCAM. Weather a mo Crops. The Cincinnati Gaiett of Saturday says : We examined carofully, yesterday, a largo number of papers from the West, published within the last few days, and found, from every section, most flattoring accounts of crop prospects. The weather continoet clear and warm. Wheat is maturing finely, and corn is growing rapidly. The indications could hardly bo more encouraging. iti aw i Where Is the People's Money 1 Her it a word from the Baltimore Sim : "Wo will shnply ttate," aays the Sun,"tbat Drcslin it known to bare been the purchaser, and it feat present tho ostensible proprietor of the whole or majority of the stock of two of our Maryland U3nKS,Ti2: iirauroonnu-Tuuyii ll of Caroline county, and the Cumberland S. vines Bank, of Alkgatrf County. W have cot heard that the latter has been conducted Otherwise than efficiently, or that tho former it not at present correctly managed. What was it doubtful character formerly i wo!l ltnowo."-k-Oi. torn.'- . SJ- The Cleveland Ltaitr of the 96th Jane, tays fruit is that rogioa will bo plenty this year. Th cherry trees are literally loaded, tod applet in a thriving condition. Gome pcaelr trees Well radon others about hit of fruit. The he ador ftirthor eayj eonr is stin UliiiJ fftki excellent. - The Bleofnar of Pare Water. The following beautiful apostrophe to th liquor of heaven's distillatiwir nay be fenni' in a sketch of Paul Etenton, the Toxaa Missionary, entitled " Paul Denton's Barbacuo." It seems the Detacher bad issued1 aa invitation to the rough Texant to attead a barbacoe, where there would be plenty to eat, and " tho best of liquor." The bordurors came, fciibii plenty of eatables but no drinkables, and in ro ply to their demands for liquor, Paul Denton raised a glass of water and thu oloottatl apostrophised: " Look at that, ve thirsty ones of earth I Behold it 1 See iti purity 1 How it glitter, as if a mass of liquid gems I It is the beve rage mat waj brewed by the band of tho Almighty himself 1 Not in the simmering still or smoking fire, choked1 with poisonous gasses, and surrounded by the stench of aickoning odors and rank corruptions, doth our Father in Heaven prepare tbo precious essonce of life. tne pure cold water; but in tho green glada and glassy doll, where the red deer wandort and tba child loves to play : there God brawt it, and down, down in the deepest valleys, where the fountains murmur and the rills singi and high upon the tall mountain tops, where the naked granite glitters like goM in the tun. where the storm clouds brood and the thunder storms crash ; and away far out on the wida-sea, where the hurricane howls music andtha big waves roar tho chorus, sweeping tbo maroh oi uoa tnere he Drews it, that beverage of life health giving water; everywhere it is a tning ot beauty ; gleaming in the dew-drop. singing in tho summer rain, shinintr in the io gem till the trees all seemed turned into tir ing jewels spreading a golden veil over th sotting sun, or a whito gauze around tho midnight moon, sporting in the cataract, sleeping in tne glaciers, dancing in uie naii-snower lowing its bright curtain softly about th windy world and weaving the many colored iris that seraph's zone of the sky, who, warp is the rain drop of earth, whose woof is the sunbeam of heaven, all checkered oror with the celestial flowers by the mystic hand of refraction still always it is beautiful, that messed me water. JNo poison bubbles on th brink ; its foam brines no sadness or murder. no bloodstains its limpid Klass: brokenheart ed wives, pale widows and starving orphans shed no tears in its depths ; no drunkard' shrinking ghost, from the grave, curse it in words of eternal despair ; beautiful, pure, blessed and glorious ; give me forever th spark ; . ... .- ung, pure coia water i" Ihe loreeointr makes a prominent feature in the tcmporanco lecture of Mr. Goooh, aad is going tho rounds of tho pre, with hU nam attached to it. From the Natioanl inteUlgoaoer. WASHINGTON'S FAUEWEIX The following extract is from a letter writ- ton by a lady upwards of eighty yoara old. re siding in Philadelphia, to ber grand-eon ta Washington: "When Ucneral Washington delivered hfi Farewell Address, in the room at the southeast corner of Chestnut and Sixth streets, I sat immediately in- front of him. It wat in the room tho Congress bad occupied. Tho table of tho Speaker was botween the two windows on Si xth street The daught t c f Dr. C , of Alexandria, tho physician and intimate friend of Washington, Mis.JH whoso husband was tho auditor, was a rery dear friend of mine. Hor brother. Waahine- ton, was one of tho secretaries of Gon, .Washington. Young Dandridge, a nephew of Mrs, Washington, was the other. 1 was included in Mrs. 's party to witnoss the august, the solemn scene. I? C doolin- ed going with Mrs. H , who had deter mined to go so early as to secure the front bench. It was fortunate for N C - (afterwards Mrs. L ) that she would not trust herself to be s. near her honored grandfather. My dear fathor stood vory near her; she was terribly agitated. Thero waa narrow passage from tho dcor of the entrance to tho room, which was on the east, dividinz the rows of benches. Gen. Washington stopped at the end, to let Mr. Adams pass to tho chair. The latter always woro a full suit of bright drab, with slash, or rather loose cuffs. " Ha also wore wrist ruffles. He was a short man with a good head. With his family ho alter, ded our church twico a day. Gen. Washington's dress was a full ault af black. His military head had the black oock. ade. Thoro stood the Father of bis Canntrr. acknowledged by nations " the first in war. hrst in peace, rirst in the hearts of bit ceun-trymcn." No ruar&hals, with gold-colored scarfs ; no cheering. Tho most profound stillness greeted him, as if that (treat assembly d - sired to hoar him breathe and catch hisbroath tho homago of the heart. Mr. Adam covered bis foco with both his hands, The aleev of his coat anibbis hands were covered wit.h tours. Every'llowjind then there wat a tup-pressed sob. I cannot describe Washington' appearance as I felt it perfectly composed and self-possessed till the close of bit addres. Then, when strong men's sobs broke loose, when tears covered their faces, then ths great man was shaken. I never took ray eyes from his face. Large drops came from hi ej-ei. He looked to the grateful children who wer parting with their father, their friend, aa if his heart Was with them and would be to th end." OT The land sales of Illinois Cotltral Kaft road Company, including those for December ($630,000) Show a grand total since the coon, mencement, of $.0,712,000, sod $5,114,0017 for the year 1856 alone. The remaining land are worth much liters than th entire two sod a half million acres wer when th first Sal wat made. The pnxpetfti are that th tale of 1857 will greatly exceed in amount tbo of hut rear. This rapid transfer of th bode of the Company toaetual settlers, ttconstant-ly advancing prices, it an untni. takabl indes of the astonishing progress of tbo State in population and wealth. 03" The Free State men of K-ftsas at plucky and spirited. At si meeting at SVoo Mound, held oft tho 13th ifist., it was RuoHtH. That we recommend In onr tm-f prc-sort that, if they art out of mofwr, an must bav a lit (to to replenish their stock of tritofy, they laty thoir fate upon their oouatit-uonts id Miwtoorl, sod let boosit men support a Govsramoirt of their choics. -.. EifitUi-tf.U B -farad (Vi.ttL. 1Mm confcfwi tttihi MorthodiKt Episcopal ChurtH nss uaasimotrsiy voted in tavor of Expu- 'r j froiS thSdmeipline the general rule forbid-nC "htlvin and aallirie- of lua vnmi nf 66Udrn with an intention to enalav tt&Ha -temihlicani nf f.cT.-.n. 0t irr ftut Convention Uit week, and romi Mtcdi N. P. Banks, late Speaker of th in CoDgrOKS, for Governor, lie is ale c rwr. Bated by tho Americans. Va doubt ef t election.